COURSE UNIT TITLE

: INTRODUCTION TO LAW

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
HUK 1061 INTRODUCTION TO LAW COMPULSORY 2 0 0 6

Offered By

Law

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR MEHMET REFIK KORKUSUZ

Offered to

Law

Course Objective

Course objective is introduce the basic concepts and institutions of law. It is given basic and general information to students about lessons that will given process of their law education and tried to prepare the infrastructure for law lessons that will take their afteryears.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   to be able to explain legal conceptes
2   to be able to interpret the rule of law.
3   to be able to distinguish the branches of law.
4   to be able to define to the identity of legist
5   to be able to apply the rules of law to settlement of disputes.
6   to be able to provide dominance on basic concepts, institutions, rules, and resources.
7   to be able to define to law, legal system and organization of the proceedings.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 - General informations about course objectives and content - giving information about processing methods - giving materials to students about processing
2 - Right, basic of right, the other meaning of right. -Purpose and basis of law - Different meanings of law
3 - Concept of justice and the different meanings of it, - The relationship between rights, law and justice, - the right types and subjects of right
4 - The acquisition and loss of rights - Using of rights - Judicial review work
5 1. Practice
6 - The rule of law and other rules of social order - Branches of law
7 - legal systems - The sources of Positive law - the structure and property of rule of law
8 - Types of legal rules - the technique of enactment to law - Assignment about the basic concepts of law
9 2. Practice
10 - - Meaning the adhibition of law - The adhibition of law in terms of location - The adhibition of law in terms of the time
11 - The adhibition of law in terms of the time (interpretation) -Gap-filling - The judge's discretion
12 3. Practice
13 First Midterm Exam
14 First Midterm Exam
15 - Remedy et law and remedy types - Protection of rights
16 - Dispute and solution methods of disputes - Right to legal remedies and demand for legal protection - Judicial Organization - Assignment about important cases in history
17 - Types and characteristics of the judiciary - Trial operation and the adjudication
18 4. Practice
19 - Legal Event - Legal verb - Legal action - Debt relationship
20 - Defects - Property and rights in rem - Guarantee - Periods and it s importance on law
21 - The general principles of criminal law - The general and fundamental principles of trial law - Proof and evidence
22 5. Practice
23 -the problem that whether law is a science or not. -Method to be followed in solving a legal problem - The things that to be considered for legal research and writing - The oral transfer of legal questions and knowledge - The homework about basic legal texts (petition, comments etc.).
24 Distinction between a law school graduate and legist
25 The basic job area of a legist
26 Second Midterm Exam
27 Second Midterm Exam
28 - The stage and features of law education - The ethical values of law and legist
29 - The role and importance of legists in society - The job principles that shoud be followed and the importance of these principles - the purpose of judicial traditions and their importance

Recomended or Required Reading

Main Source: Özekes Muhammet, Temel Hukuk Bilgisi,2.Bası, Yetkin Yayınları, Ankara.
Subsidiary Sources: Aybay Aydın/Aybay Rona, Hukuka Giriş, 7. Bası, Istanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi Yayınları, Istanbul 2011; Can Halil/Güner Semih, Hukukun Temel Kavramları, 3. Bası, Arıkan Yayınevi, Ankara 2006; Gözler Kemal, Hukukun Temel Kavramları, Ekin Kitabevi Yayınları, Bursa 2011; Gözübüyük A. Şeref, Hukuka Giriş, 8.Baskı, Ekin Kitabevi, Bursa 2011; Güriz Adnan, Hukuk Başlangıcı, 13. Bası, Siyasal Kitabevi, Ankara 2011; Kalabalık Halil, Temel Hukuk Bilgisi, 3. Bası, Değişim Yayınları, Istanbul 2003; Önen Mesut, Hukuka Giriş, Istanbul 2011; Umar Bilge, Hukuk Başlangıcı, Izmir 1997

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures and practical study

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE 1 MIDTERM EXAM 1
2 MTE 2 MIDTERM EXAM 2
3 MTEG MIDTERM AVERAGE GRADE roundVZ1 * 0.50 + VZ2 * 0.50,0
4 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
5 FIN FINAL EXAM
6 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE roundKPU + FN,0
7 RST RESIT
8 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) roundKPU + BUT,0


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 25 2 50
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 25 3 75
Preparation for midterm exam 2 4 8
Preparation for final exam 1 12 12
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 2 1 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 149

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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